ScottsbluffSBFN1
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.4 mi away/4,134 ft/462 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Scotts Bluff National Monument until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Scotts Bluff National Monument is 39° and clear at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 33°. The dew point is 21°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 9 mph, gusting to 31 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 26° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 78°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 8 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska.
Air quality
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Scottsbluff (NE), 4 miles off.
Yesterday measured 30, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
0.26 in in the last 24 hours, 0.32 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Scotts Bluff National Monument, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
ScottsbluffSBFN1
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.4 mi away/4,134 ft/462 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
D5-RWIS 385 187NE065
Beside a road/1.8 mi away/3,875 ft/721 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station GW2986GW2986
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/3,875 ft/721 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
ScottsbluffBFF
At an airfield/6.3 mi away/3,948 ft/648 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Gering 1.3 NNWNE-SB-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/3,891 ft/705 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Scottsbluff 2WNWDERN1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.5 mi away/3,907 ft/689 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.